Surveillance Contractor Bug In Ecuador Embassy Fails to Stop Wikileaksby Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch BlogJuly 3rd, 2013Bugging equipment from the Surveillance Group Limited, a British private detective agency, has been found in the Ecuadorean embassy in London where Julian Assange, editor of Wikileaks, has taken refuge. The spy devices have so far failed to foil the whistle blowing group's daring exploits to support Edward Snowden.

Edward Snowden and the National Security Industrial Complexby Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch/IPS*June 17th, 2013Military contractor Booz Allen Hamilton is in the news over two of its former employees: Edward Snowden, the whistleblower, and James Clapper, U.S. intelligence czar. A review of Booz Allen's own high level conflicts of interest and shoddy work suggests that Congress should target the company, not the messenger.

Google & Facebook Discussed Secret Systems for U.S. to Spy on Usersby Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch BlogJune 8th, 2013Google and Facebook have discussed – and possibly built – special portals for the U.S. government to snoop on user data, according to revelations sparked by an investigative series of articles by Glenn Greenwald of the Guardian.

Mehadrin "Jaffa" Oranges May Come from Occupied Palestinian Landby Puck Lo, CorpWatch BlogApril 4th, 2013Jaffa oranges sold in European supermarkets labeled "Made in Israel" may have been grown and packaged in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, according to a report from the Boycott Divest Sanction (BDS) movement, an international coalition of Palestinian NGOs and activists.

Boeing Helps Kill Proposed Law to Regulate Dronesby Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch BlogMarch 30th, 2013Boeing, the aircraft manufacturing giant from Seattle, helped defeat a Republican proposal in Washington state that would have forced government agencies to get approval to buy unmanned aerial vehicles, popularly known as drones, and to obtain a warrant before using them to conduct surveillance on individuals.

Contractors Alleged to Abuse Alcohol, Drugs, Guns at Parties In Afghanistanby Puck Lo, CorpWatch BlogNovember 14th, 2012Jorge Scientific Corporation, a military contractor with nearly a billion dollars in U.S. government contracts, is being sued by former employees for “shocking misconduct” in Afghanistan. The charges include illegal and reckless use of firearms, abusing alcohol and drugs and billing the government for property destroyed during raucous parties.

TrapWire Leaks Shine Light on New Video Tracking Technologies
by Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch BlogAugust 14th, 2012TrapWire, am intelligence contractor founded and run by former CIA officers, offers to track “suspicious” activities from surveillance video footage. The company has been spotlighted in a new Wikileaks release.

Blackwater Pays Millions To Settle Arms Smuggling Chargesby Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch BlogAugust 9th, 2012Blackwater has agreed to pay the U.S. government $7.5 million to settle 17 federal criminal charges that include supplying guns to the king of Jordan and offering private security and military training services to South Sudan without a license.

U.S. Federal Agencies Targeted Employees With Commercial Spy Softwareby Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch BlogJuly 23rd, 2012SpectorSoft spyware is the latest tool to be employed by some U.S. government officials to conduct surveillance on staff, The Florida company has been revealed to be selling “keylogger” software to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to track every digital move of certain employees.